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Just The Facts:Show Name: Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly WeekendDates: April 13-16, 2006Venue: Gold Coast Hotel, Las Vegas, NevadaSpectator Attendance: 10,000Total Vehicle Entrants: 400Special Awards Given:-Shifters club makes custom trophies that are given to the best hot rod, custom, and furthest-driven vehicles.-Road Zombies Club donated a trophy for its favorite pick, which was a newly built flathead Ford-pow-ered red-oxide-primered chopped, channeled, mid-'30s Ford truck with a '38 Hudson grille that was built and brought out by the Canada Dry boy.Fast Facts:This Event is four days long and is way more than a car show.-Whether you're into the whole retro/rockabilly style or not, this is an event filled with fun things to do.-Vehicles are usually only in the raw or primered forms at this show. Glossy paint is not a necessity here. The show caters to the vintage Rat rod-type cars and trucks (unfin-ished pre-'63 vehicles). No fiber-glassed, musclecars, lowriders, or high-tech billet vehicles are allowed and are turned away at the show.-The car show portion takes place on the top level of the Gold Coast Hotel parking structure, and it is always filled with custom vehicles.-With all the older vehicles, bands, and spectators dressed in vintage clothing, you would think that you have been taken back a few decades in time.Special Events:-There was close to 50 rockabilly bands playing their hearts out from noon to 7 in the morning. This goes from Thursday all the way through Sunday.-There were spectacular displays of hot women showing some serious skin in burlesque competitions.-There was a host of 200 vendors to fill your vintage vehicle or attire needs.Sponsors:Shifters, with help of BudweiserContact for Future Events: www.vivalasvegas.net